Compiled by Michael F. Dolan, PhDConcern For Fluoride’s Neurotoxicity Sparks Opposition From New Zealand CouncilA district council that has been ordered to fluoridate its water supply by the New Zealand government is resisting the move, citing the USA’s National Toxicology Program (NTP) report that prenatal exposure to fluoride, at a level previously said to be […]

Dear Friends:Lawsuit and NTP StatusWe’re just over four months away from the January 29th, 2024 start date of the final phase of our federal lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over the neurotoxicity of fluoridation chemicals. The Court has scheduled two weeks to hear testimony and cross-examination of expert witnesses focused on new evidence […]

A large, high-quality study published this week in Environmental Geochemical Health found that fluoride in drinking water can increase the risk of knee osteoarthritis (KOA), with older males with obesity more likely to have KOA.“Previous studies indicate that fluoride in drinking water has a toxic effect on cartilage and skeleton, which triggers osteoarthritis (OA) of […]

Compiled by Michael F. Dolan, PhDSecond Dental Group Decries Fluoride’s NeurotoxicityAn association of dentists that stresses the removal of mercury amalgam fillings has joined the call to repeal water fluoridation after the release of a National Toxicology Program report that found fluoride is a neurotoxin at exposure levels found in fluoridated communities.In a press release […]

Compiled by Michael F. Dolan, PhDFluoride-Containing Voriconazole Can Cause Arthritis, Case Study ConcludesA patient with COVID-19 related aspergillosis of the lungs who was placed on the anti-fungal drug voriconazole has developed arthritis from the fluoride-containing drug, according to a new report from physicians at the Westmead Hospital in Australia.Whole-body bone scans of the patient, a […]

Compiled by Michael F. Dolan, PhD“Raising Environmental Justice Concerns” – Hispanic/Latino Communities More Likely to Receive Excessive Fluoride in WaterAnalyzing an Environmental Protection Agency database from 2006-2011, researchers from Emory University, Columbia University and UC San Francisco have found that Hispanic/Latino communities are more likely to receive water with excessive amounts of fluoride, compared to that […]

Dear Friends:An important new video is now available, featuring a 45-minute PowerPoint presentation and a 15-minute Q&A session with the senior author of several significant fluoride neurotoxicity studies. The event was hosted in May by a community organization from Windsor, Ontario, called Windsor On Watch. Click here to learn more about Windsor’s fluoridation situation. The webinar […]

A just-released study by University of Calgary researchers found “poorer inhibitory control and cognitive flexibility” in preschool children whose mothers were pregnant during times when the water was fluoridated in Calgary, Canada (Dewey 2023). The authors said their tests measured “executive function deficits [that have been] consistently associated with behavioural and neurodevelopmental disorders such as […]

Compiled by Michael F. Dolan, PhDNTP Reviewer Took Misguided Swipe At FANAn anonymous reviewer of the recently released National Toxicology Program (NTP) monograph on fluoride exposure and neurodevelopmental and cognitive health effects took exception to a reference to “bone fractures,” blamed the phrase on the Fluoride Action Network, and proved that FAN is more evidence-based […]

A new study led by a California public health official and long-time advocate of water fluoridation omitted data that contradicted its conclusion that fluoridated water is not associated with reduced IQ, according to documents obtained through Public Records Act requests. Attorney Michael Connett has provided the unearthed documents to the National Toxicology Program (NTP) so […]